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[Hues]

I know a little over half a dozen on that list.

One missing is The Besnard Lakes.

 

[Richland123]

Did anybody mention The Trews yet?

 

[Richland123]

The Blue Shadows

 

[bonespatrol]

how could you forget this one? quality canuckastany content.

 

[DiabolusInMusic]

Did anybody mention The Trews yet?

Good call. I missed a few east coast bands, I missed Great Big Sea and Sloan as well.

 

[Richland123]

Jesse Cook. This guy is a fantastic guitarist.

 

[DiabolusInMusic]

Jesse Cook. This guy is a fantastic guitarist.

Cook is widely regarded internationally and has more success abroad than at home.

 

[dalkowski]

Sloan and Jane Siberry are two of my all-time favorite artists of any provenance, Canadian or otherwise. Great live acts.

And The Kings were the sh!t in their day.

 

[Richland123]

Cook is widely regarded internationally and has more success abroad than at home.

He is not a household name in the U.S. either. I first saw him on a PBS TV concert a few years ago. However, I saw that he is currently on a North American tour covering many U.S. and Canadian cities.

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[Jay Corwin]

I'd also like to give some honorable mention to the Sadies.

 

[Richland123]

This is a new Canadian act.

Fortunate Ones

 

[Richland123]

Annihilator

 

[Richland123]

I forgot about this band.

The Box

 

[Richland123]

Here are some Canadian acts that had some big hits across the border; but, had additional chart success in Canada with other songs.

The Bells



Edward Bear



Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks



Ian Thomas



Ocean



R. Dean Taylor



Frank Mills



The Poppy Family



Terry Jacks (solo)



Lighthouse

 

[Richland123]

I will throw a few more Canadian acts out there who never quite caught on outside of their native country.

The Tea Party
Pursuit Of Happiness
Gary & Dave
Valdy
Bearfoot

Now, this guy is very popular in French speaking countries.

Garou

 

[Jaco D]

I'm for CanCon conceptually. What I don't understand is (at least for the radio stations I listened to) the DJs rarely mentioned that so and so artist was Canadian. So for me these artists were American till I read about them or someone told me so. This was the same case for me growing up in Southeast Asia - the radio jocks then didn't say where the artists were from. So during my youth, The Guess Who, BTO, Gino Vanelli, et. al. were US acts till I moved to Canada.

 

[fhm555]

Tragically Hip and Bruce Cockburn

 

[DirtDog]

I am still surprised anybody enjoys listening to them. Much like when people remember Nickelback in Vancouver, everybody here still remembers the Sheepdogs as a crappy local band.

Just came back from Saskatoon....spent a bit of time at the Capitol - cool place owned by a former Sheepdog!

 

[Iridescentone]

I recall Loverboy got a ton of MTV play with Working For The Weekend.

And the Payolas got pretty good radio play around Chicago with Eyes Of A Stranger.

Klaatu got a lotta FM play in the early seventies. They sounded Beatle-esque, which started rumors that they actually were the Beatles, reformed clandestinely. Wishful thinking.

That's all I got.

 

[Deleted member 264575]

Great thread @DiabolusInMusic !